Series Talk: [C1] Winnipeg Jets vs. [WC2] St. Louis Blues

Who wins?

  • Winnipeg in 4

    Votes: 10 2.8%
  • Winnipeg in 5

    Votes: 70 19.9%
  • Winnipeg in 6

    Votes: 124 35.2%
  • Winnipeg in 7

    Votes: 43 12.2%
  • St. Louis in 4

    Votes: 4 1.1%
  • St. Louis in 5

    Votes: 9 2.6%
  • St. Louis in 6

    Votes: 47 13.4%
  • St. Louis in 7

    Votes: 45 12.8%

  • Total voters
    352
I'm torn.. in a perfect world the Blues take this in 6 and Binnington makes Hellebuyck his bitch again.

The Jets are a team that already uses their extra gear in the regular season, they don't have the kind of improvement left for the playoffs that real contenders do. Thats why they get diced up by talented teams like Vegas and Colorado. But I don't know that the Blues, a team who may have blown their load on the run leading up to the playoffs, have that kind of talent to win this series.

Unfortunately I've gotta say Jets in 6. They overcome a leaky Hellebuyck and don't look good doing it, but the Blues don't have quite enough left in the tank to win the series. Colorado comes in next round and finishes the job in a repeat of last year.

I hope I'm wrong... with Parayko back and Binnington playing like the playoff stud he is, the Blues certainly have a real chance.
 
Ehlers was serially mismanaged by Bowness. I'd expect him to make some noise in later rounds if he gets healthy
When has Ehlers ever done anything in the NHL playoffs?

If the injury tradeoff is Ehlers for Holloway, the Jets take that and run
 
If the Jets play at their best there is not a team in the NHL that can beat them. If they bring in their A game and smother the middle, Helle will just have to be average for the Jets to win the series. The only team that can beat the Jets are themselves. If the Blues split in Winnipeg than we will see if the President Trophy winner of this year or last years PO choke artist shows up for the rest of the series.
 
I'm torn.. in a perfect world the Blues take this in 6 and Binnington makes Hellebuyck his bitch again.

The Jets are a team that already uses their extra gear in the regular season, they don't have the kind of improvement left for the playoffs that real contenders do. Thats why they get diced up by talented teams like Vegas and Colorado. But I don't know that the Blues, a team who may have blown their load on the run leading up to the playoffs, have that kind of talent to win this series.

Unfortunately I've gotta say Jets in 6. They overcome a leaky Hellebuyck and don't look good doing it, but the Blues don't have quite enough left in the tank to win the series. Colorado comes in next round and finishes the job in a repeat of last year.

I hope I'm wrong... with Parayko back and Binnington playing like the playoff stud he is, the Blues certainly have a real chance.

There's plenty of reasons why I want the Jets to win the Cup but this guy right here is near the top of the list.
 
Army has foreseen all of this in the most Emperor Palpatine wat possible, Magic Board and all.

Blues in 7

Fear the Note.

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The Blues are a very good team.
Which is good because the Jets have played their best hockey against good teams.
We don't have that waste of space Kevin Hayes from the 2019 series to sabotage things.
That round 1 series was 2 - 2 after the first 4 games with all the wins on the road.
Game 5 critical moment.
The puck is going in the Blues net for the go ahead goal for the Jets and Hayes in a pathetic attempt to ensure that the puck crossed the line actually somehow prevents the goal. The Blues capitalize on that to win game 5 and eventually game 6 to end the series.

If Hayes hadn't sh%t the bed we may have seen a game 7 or even a Jets win in 6.
That gaffe was the biggest single F-Up in Jets 2.0 history.

The playoffs are always a crap shoot.
I won't feel any where close to comfortable until Winnipeg wins their 2nd game.
 
My gut tells me this may be the year the Jets go on a deep run. Like Vegas, I don’t see any flaws. That said, if Conner and Hellebyuck no show, things don’t look so good.
 
Jets fan so I gotta go with the Jets.

But blues have been hawt fire since 4 nations break, have a goalie who will stand on his head in big games (and did so vs the Jets in 2019 on their way to a cup win), and have a smart strategic coach in JM

And jets playoff record isn’t exactly one dithered with deep runs or even making a series go the distance outside of 2018.

So yes there are some nerves on my end I must admit.

At least blues fans are a cool bunch
Someone hasn't watched the last two playoffs if you think he's an advantage for the Blues
 
The Blues are a very good team.
Which is good because the Jets have played their best hockey against good teams.
We don't have that waste of space Kevin Hayes from the 2019 series to sabotage things.
That round 1 series was 2 - 2 after the first 4 games with all the wins on the road.
Game 5 critical moment.
The puck is going in the Blues net for the go ahead goal for the Jets and Hayes in a pathetic attempt to ensure that the puck crossed the line actually somehow prevents the goal. The Blues capitalize on that to win game 5 and eventually game 6 to end the series.

If Hayes hadn't sh%t the bed we may have seen a game 7 or even a Jets win in 6.
That gaffe was the biggest single F-Up in Jets 2.0 history.

The playoffs are always a crap shoot.
I won't feel any where close to comfortable until Winnipeg wins their 2nd game.

This is such an odd post to me. What a weird play to hold on to I went back and watched highlights of that game 5 to see if it was in there and it was surprisingly. I don't know how you can fault him for that he is falling down from a check from Parayko while trying to get his stick on the puck, hardly a screw up just an unfortunate result if your a Jets fan. Yes it was significant but there are 100 plays a game that if this or that happened differently it would change the outcome of said game. If the shot was a quarter of an inch this way or that way it goes in or gets stopped. At that point in the game it was still 2-0 Jets, they were still in control, it wasn't that play that decided that game. Especially since there was an even more egregious play in the same game. When Trouba tried to swallow a puck against boards behind his goalie with 20+ seconds left.
 
This is such an odd post to me. What a weird play to hold on to I went back and watched highlights of that game 5 to see if it was in there and it was surprisingly. I don't know how you can fault him for that he is falling down from a check from Parayko while trying to get his stick on the puck, hardly a screw up just an unfortunate result if your a Jets fan. Yes it was significant but there are 100 plays a game that if this or that happened differently it would change the outcome of said game. If the shot was a quarter of an inch this way or that way it goes in or gets stopped. At that point in the game it was still 2-0 Jets, they were still in control, it wasn't that play that decided that game. Especially since there was an even more egregious play in the same game. When Trouba tried to swallow a puck against boards behind his goalie with 20+ seconds left.
You just went back to watch a game from when? What a waste of time
 
Obviously I want the Jets to win, but it wouldn't be shameful to lose to a good team like the Blues. I don't think I've ever once had issues with a Blues fan as well, so if we don't move on, it'll be easy to cheer you guys on in the next round. Here's hoping for a good injury-free series!

I've also still got a bit of crow left in the fridge to go through when it comes to Binnington.
 
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😂 What about the game the other day?
What about it? Jets played a great defensive game and shut the Blues down. I even posted as much on the Jets board afterward. Playoffs are a different animal, momentum changes can be a downfall. As I said in my first post in this thread that is why I see the key to this round being Hellebuyck. He is a great goalie but in the past he hasn't had much post season success, if he lets a bad goal in is he going to be able to shrug it off and get back to it or is he going to unravel.
 
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